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Kill Every Monster

Kill Every Monster is an award-winning Dungeons and Dragons podcast about every monster in the manual. Co-hosts Dylan and Aram are joined by a guest for a DM-deep-dive into a classic D&D monster. The first part is a discussion, and the second is a one-shot actual play where our guest takes on the role of the monster. Dungeons & Dragons is many things to many people, but at its heart lies a system that rewards players for killing monsters. In each episode we ask three central questions: What is this creature? Are they really a monster? How would you change them in Dungeons and Dragons? Each episode of Kill Every Monster is a contained story, so you never have to worry about being caught up or listening out of order. Pick any monster you like and dive right in! The show is free and available anywhere you get your podcasts. We are supported by listeners like you via Patreon where you can get ad-free versions of each episode a week early, and Patreon-exclusive bonus episodes like our DM Notes and and Cutting Room Floor series.

Copyright: © Dead Ghost Productions, LLC

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Tarrasque (Part 1) Jun 19, 2023

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We are joined by ⁠Harli Kane⁠.

Harli—whose pronouns are she/they—is a performer, cosplayer, streamer, TTRPG aficionado, dungeon master, dice fairy, and Brandon Sanderson superfan. She's best known as Luos on The World's Guild, Kayori on Creative Crits, Nezetta on Worldbuilders, and Leo in various other one-shots and stories.

CAST

⁠Dylan Malenfant⁠: Co-producer, Gamemaster
⁠Aram Vartian⁠: Co-producer, Editor

MUSIC

"A Truly Powerful Force" by NC Music
"Capital City" by Stephane Lorello
"Downfall" by Kai Engel
"Envision" by Kevin MacLeod
"Winner Winner" by Kevin MacLeod
"Darkness Comes" by Kevin MacLeod
"Cylinder Seven" by Chris Zabriskie
"Contention" by Kai Engel
"Dangerous" by Kevin MacLeod
"Epic Unease" by Kevin MacLeod
"Dark Alleys" by Kai Engel
"Darkness" by Borrtex
"Escape" by Kevin MacLeod
"Orc Feast" by Mirdautas Vras
"Autumn 3 Allegro" by John Harrison with the Wichita State University Chamber Players
"Holiday Weasel" by Kevin MacLeod
"Anna's Hummingbird" by Kai Engel

COMMUNITY

Kill Every Monster is a 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons podcast. In each episode, we are joined by a guest to discuss the lore, mechanics, and story potential of classic D&D creatures. We debate tactics for maximizing these creatures in your game, and we ask the ever-important question: are they really a monster?

⁠Send us your questions⁠ for a future mailbag episode!

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Medusa Jun 06, 2023

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We are joined by Nikki.

Nikki is an educator, streamer, and LGBTQ+ & Disability advocate. She is also the Producer at Tea TRPG, a Twitch channel dedicated to creating a fun and safe place for marginalized members of the TTRPG communi-tea to connect and play games together. You can follow her on Twitter @⁠halflingnikki⁠ or TikTok and Instagram at the same name

CAST

⁠Dylan Malenfant⁠: Co-producer, Gamemaster
⁠Aram Vartian⁠: Co-producer, Editor

MUSIC

"A Truly Powerful Force" by NC Music
"Capital City" by Stephane Lorello
"Cambodian Odyssey" by Kevin MacLeod
"Algorithms" by Chad Crouch
"Send for the Horses" by Kevin MacLeod
"Old Oak Tree" by Scott Holmes
"Homeroad" by Kai Engel

COMMUNITY

Kill Every Monster is a 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons podcast. In each episode, we are joined by a guest to discuss the lore, mechanics, and story potential of classic D&D creatures. We debate tactics for maximizing these creatures in your game, and we ask the ever-important question: are they really a monster?

⁠Send us your questions⁠ for a future mailbag episode!

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Blink Dog May 15, 2023

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We are joined by Jessica Marcrum.

Jessica Marcrum, also known as angrynerdgirl, was killed by an angry mob before rising from the grave, laptop in one hand and a feral cat in the other. A perennial ENnie nominee and occasional winner, she is a co-founder of Unseelie Studios and has also created numerous playable atrocities like Dumpster Fire and Oops, All Draculas!. She has contributed to work published by A Thinking Ape, Cubicle 7, Hit Point Press, MCDM, and Onyx Path. Jessica can be contacted on Twitter @⁠Miss_Jess03⁠, on Twitch at ⁠twitch.tv/angrynerdgirl⁠, and via her website at ⁠jessicamarcrumwrites.com⁠.

CAST

⁠Dylan Malenfant⁠: Co-producer, Gamemaster
⁠Aram Vartian⁠: Co-producer, Editor

MUSIC

"A Truly Powerful Force" by NC Music
"Capital City" by Stephane Lorello
"Quirky Dog" by Kevin MacLeod
"Plain Loafer" by Kevin MacLeod
"Seeing The Future" by Dexter Britain
"Vivacity" by Kevin MacLeod
"Unnatural Situation" by Kevin MacLeod
"Elven Dirge" by Mark Stothard
"Going Undercover" by Borrtex
"Capital City" by Riccardo Messori
"Ascent" by Jon Luc Hefferman
"Fuzzball Parade" by Kevin MacLeod
"Depths of Self-Deception" by Parvus Decree
"Sugar Plum Dark Mix" by Kevin MacLeod
"I Got a Stick" by Kevin MacLeod, featuring James Gavins

COMMUNITY

Kill Every Monster is a 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons podcast. In each episode, we are joined by a guest to discuss the lore, mechanics, and story potential of classic D&D creatures. We debate tactics for maximizing these creatures in your game, and we ask the ever-important question: are they really a monster?

⁠Send us your questions⁠ for a future mailbag episode!

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Black Dragon (Part 2) May 01, 2023

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We are joined by Austin Taylor.

Austin is a professional podcaster, narrative designer, game performer, and therapist. They are one of the designers of ⁠Deimos Academy⁠ and a cast member on ⁠Transplanar RPG⁠. You can find Austin over on twitter @⁠sailorsctaustin⁠.

CAST

⁠Dylan Malenfant⁠: Co-producer, Gamemaster
⁠Aram Vartian⁠: Co-producer, Editor

MUSIC

"A Truly Powerful Force" by NC Music
"Capital City" by Stephane Lorello
"Oneiri" by Kai Engel
"Morbid Imagination" by Kai Engel
"Contention" by Kai Engel
"Downfall" by Kai Engel
"Ascent" by Jon Luc Hefferman
"Epic Cinematic" by Scott Holmes
"The Theatrical Poster for Poltergeist" by Chris Zabriskie
"Sentinel" by Kai Engel

COMMUNITY

Kill Every Monster is a 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons podcast. In each episode, we are joined by a guest to discuss the lore, mechanics, and story potential of classic D&D creatures. We debate tactics for maximizing these creatures in your game, and we ask the ever-important question: are they really a monster?

⁠Send us your questions⁠ for a future mailbag episode!

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Black Dragon (Part 1) Apr 17, 2023

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We are joined by Austin Taylor.

Austin is a professional podcaster, narrative designer, game performer, and therapist. They are one of the designers of ⁠Deimos Academy⁠ and a cast member on ⁠Transplanar RPG⁠. You can find Austin over on twitter @⁠sailorsctaustin⁠.

CAST

⁠Dylan Malenfant⁠: Co-producer, Gamemaster
⁠Aram Vartian⁠: Co-producer, Editor

MUSIC

"A Truly Powerful Force" by NC Music
"Capital City" by Stephane Lorello
"Oneiri" by Kai Engel
"Morbid Imagination" by Kai Engel
"Contention" by Kai Engel
"Downfall" by Kai Engel
"Ascent" by Jon Luc Hefferman
"Epic Cinematic" by Scott Holmes
"The Theatrical Poster for Poltergeist" by Chris Zabriskie
"Sentinel" by Kai Engel

COMMUNITY

Kill Every Monster is a 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons podcast. In each episode, we are joined by a guest to discuss the lore, mechanics, and story potential of classic D&D creatures. We debate tactics for maximizing these creatures in your game, and we ask the ever-important question: are they really a monster?

⁠Send us your questions⁠ for a future mailbag episode!

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Will-o-Wisp Apr 03, 2023

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We are joined by ⁠Amelia Som⁠.

Amelia is an ethereal immortal currently making content in the tabletop game space. They create videos on TikTok and appear in several podcasts and livestreams, including Unprepared Casters and GuildFellows. To see what they’re up to now, you can find them most places @ameliasom or by going to ⁠links.ameliasom.com⁠.

CAST

⁠Dylan Malenfant⁠: Co-producer, Gamemaster
⁠Aram Vartian⁠: Co-producer, Editor

MUSIC

"A Truly Powerful Force" by NC Music
"Capital City" by Stephane Lorello
"At Rest" by Kevin MacLeod
"Biology Slides" by Bleak House
"Moorland" by Kevin MacLeod
"Aquarium" by Kevin MacLeod
"Ghost Processional" by Kevin MacLeod
"Dark Alleys" by Kai Engel
"Contention" by Kai Engel
"Run" by Kai Engel
"Written in Ink" by Kai Engel
"Forgotten Marches" by Kai Engel
"Avenge The Fallen" by Kai Engel
"Downfall" by Kai Engel

COMMUNITY

Kill Every Monster is a 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons podcast. In each episode, we are joined by a guest to discuss the lore, mechanics, and story potential of classic D&D creatures. We debate tactics for maximizing these creatures in your game, and we ask the ever-important question: are they really a monster?

⁠Send us your questions⁠ for a future mailbag episode!

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Gengar Mar 20, 2023

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We are joined by Miki.

Miki Ljuljdurovic, also known online as ⁠xwater⁠, is a Nintendo focused content creator in the gaming space. As a top player of video games made for children, he boasts some seriously impressive gaming achievements. Check him out on ⁠Twitch⁠, ⁠YouTube⁠, or any other main social media under xwater.

CAST

⁠Dylan Malenfant⁠: Co-producer, Gamemaster
⁠Aram Vartian⁠: Co-producer, Editor

MUSIC

"A Truly Powerful Force" by NC Music
"Capital City" by Stephane Lorello
"Heavy Rock" by Scott Holmes
"Lavender Town Theme" by Junichi Masuda
"Ghost Processional" by Kevin MacLeod
"Kirblooey" by Windom Earle
"I Trusted You" by Lee Rosevere
"Grand Dark Waltz Trio Vivace" by Kevin MacLeod
"Amazing Plan" by Kevin MacLeod
"March of the Spoons" by Kevin MacLeod
"Dark Walk" by Kevin MacLeod
"Darkest Child" by Kevin MacLeod
"Ascent" by Jon Luc Hefferman

COMMUNITY

Kill Every Monster is a 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons podcast. In each episode, we are joined by a guest to discuss the lore, mechanics, and story potential of classic D&D creatures. We debate tactics for maximizing these creatures in your game, and we ask the ever-important question: are they really a monster?

⁠Send us your questions⁠ for a future mailbag episode!

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Pixie Mar 06, 2023

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In this episode, we are joined by Matt Brown.

Matt (he/him) is a video producer, streamer and professional dungeon master from Melbourne Australia. You may know him from Split the Party and its self titled Actual play series which has just wrapped its 4th season, The TTRPG themed morning show Good Morning RPG on twitch, or their past chaotic shenanigans reacting to their cast member George on the latest Australian season of Beauty and the Geek. He’s also a professional dungeon master who you can hire for your games or corporate events at ⁠DungeonMasterForHire.com.au⁠

You can find his details at ⁠@NoFunBrown⁠ and his channel Split the Party on both YouTube and Twitch through ⁠@split_theparty⁠ on twitter.

For the AP, we were joined by Matt's Split the Party castmates, ⁠Benji Knapton⁠ and ⁠George Goldfeder⁠.

CAST

⁠Dylan Malenfant⁠: Co-producer, Gamemaster
⁠Aram Vartian⁠: Co-producer, Editor

MUSIC

"A Truly Powerful Force" by NC Music
"Capital City" by Stephane Lorello
"Vivacity" by Kevin MacLeod
"Quirky Dog" by Kevin MacLeod
"Fearless First" by Kevin MacLeod
"Holiday Weasel" by Kevin MacLeod
"The Snow Queen" by Kevin MacLeod
"Aquarium" by Kevin MacLeod
"Casa Bossa Nova" by Kevin MacLeod
"Sneaky Snitch" by Kevin MacLeod
"Thinking Music" by Kevin MacLeod
"Paranoia" by Kai Engel

COMMUNITY

Kill Every Monster is a 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons podcast. In each episode, we are joined by a guest to discuss the lore, mechanics, and story potential of classic D&D creatures. We debate tactics for maximizing these creatures in your game, and we ask the ever-important question: are they really a monster?

⁠Send us your questions⁠ for a future mailbag episode!

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Does It Murder? Season 2 Jan 09, 2023

Show notes

For our Season 2 round-up episode, we revisit Dylan's idea to go through each monster and debate if they would Do A Murder.

MUSIC

"A Truly Powerful Force" by NC Music
"Capital City" by Stephane Lorello

CAST

⁠Dylan Malenfant⁠: Co-producer, Gamemaster
⁠Aram Vartian⁠: Co-producer, Editor

COMMUNITY

Kill Every Monster is a 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons podcast. In each episode, we are joined by a guest to discuss the lore, mechanics, and story potential of classic D&D creatures. We debate tactics for maximizing these creatures in your game, and we ask the ever-important question: are they really a monster?

⁠Send us your questions⁠ for a future mailbag episode!

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Roc Dec 26, 2022

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The Monster Manual describes Rocs as huge beasts with “wingspans that spread two hundred feet or more. At rest, perched upon the mountain peaks that are its home, this monstrous bird rivals even the oldest dragons in size.”

This episode, we are joined by Sian Ford

Sian, whose pronouns are she/her, is a PhD candidate at McMaster University studying Astrobiology and the origin of life on Earth and other planets. In her free time, she watches and photographs birds, collects fossils, and crochets all manner of things. You can find her on twitter ⁠@sianeford⁠ and on her little personal website ⁠www.sianeford.com⁠. If you are looking for an inclusive, equitable and beginner-friendly birding experience, you can also check out the Feminist Bird Club at ⁠feministbirdclub.org⁠.

CAST

⁠Dylan Malenfant⁠: Co-producer, Gamemaster
⁠Aram Vartian⁠: Co-producer, Editor

MUSIC

"A Truly Powerful Force" by NC Music
"Capital City" by Stephane Lorello
"Duduk Drone" by Patrick Sainton
"Cylinder Four" by Chris Zabriskie
"The Spaghetti Western Set" by Brett Van Donsel
"Rumble" by Borrtex
"Curse of the Scarab" by Kevin Macleod
"Our Darkness in the Sky" by Kai Engel
"Brooks" by Kai Engel

COMMUNITY

Kill Every Monster is a 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons podcast. In each episode, we are joined by a guest to discuss the lore, mechanics, and story potential of classic D&D creatures. We debate tactics for maximizing these creatures in your game, and we ask the ever-important question: are they really a monster?

⁠Send us your questions⁠ for a future mailbag episode!

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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